RABBIT INDUSTRY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 964, 6 May 1930, Page 10

RABBIT INDUSTRY

HARVESTING THE WOOL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR GROWERS A debate on the harvesting of t * Angora rabbit wool clip by the Auc * land Fur Club last evening revet s tome interesting features. Mr. Tates, an English breeder a - i exhibitor, urged that the rabbits tbou'l be kept in mobs rather than in hutch ;- so that the labour of attendance be reduced, and the wool production cheapened. The president said mob method* were found quite successful, but clipping a shorter fleece reduced the grac*. The present British first grade prj' e of 29s and 30s a pound was for a 3 3 fibre. A fleece of 2in dropped to 2.~Plucking was the ideal made of ha - vesting if it could be done rapid 7 enough, as this avoided waste of th* short new coat developing beneath, • earned a price os a pound above fi-' : grade. Mrs. Brown believed the slowness • • plucking made it impracticable. The club was advised by its exec utr - committee to participate officially - n the next Winter Show with th: ***' proval of the Agricultural and Pastor; * Association. The president said he had notifi'/the association that this recomn.eolation would be made, and receive an appreciative reply. A special committee to co-opef* l _ with the Winter Show committee appointed, with power to add. comprising Misses TCeller. Geddes. 2*" Bartlett, Mr. E. Gray, and Mr. I» Heywood. . - An encouraging letter proIM support was read from the R*w IT- ' G. J. Coates. It was resolved to warmly thank - Coates for his promise of assistan